AOPA Pilot Magazine - May 2015 - 30

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THIS MONTH IN AVIATION

May

MAY 30, 1899. Wilbur Wright affirms his belief that human

flight is possible in a letter to the Smithsonian Institution.
MAY 22, 1906. Patent number 821,393 is issued to the
Wright brothers for their "Flying Machine."
MAY 25, 1910. Orville and Wilbur Wright make a short flight
together at Huffman Field in Ohio-it is the
only time they fly together.
MAY 30, 1912. Wilbur Wright dies at age 45.
MAY 3, 1919. First municipal airport in the
United States is dedicated in Atlantic City,
New Jersey.
MAY 9, 1926. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd and
pilot Floyd Bennett complete first flight over the North
Pole.
MAY 20-21, 1927. Charles Lindbergh flies the Spirit of St.
Louis nonstop across the Atlantic.

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MAY 20-21, 1932. Amelia Earhart is the

first woman to fly solo across the
Atlantic.
MAY 12, 1936. World's largest highspeed wind tunnel is put in operation
at Langley Field, Virginia.
MAY 6, 1937. The Hindenburg explodes during landing
at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
MAY 8, 1945. The war in Europe ends with the collapse
of Germany.
MAY 5, 1961. First American manned space flight-Freedom 7 with Alan Shepard.
MAY 4, 1964. Jacqueline Cochran sets the world speed
record for women in a Lockheed F-104G Starfighter.
MAY 2-16, 1992. First flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
MAY 16, 2011. Final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Your chance to experience
business aviation
'AOPA Pilot' and Pilatus kick off 'BizAv and You' contest
BY THOMAS B. HAINES
SOME AOPA MEMBERS ACCUSE us of having all the fun when
it comes to sampling a variety of airplanes. Well, here's your
chance to get in on the action. AOPA is working with Pilatus
Aircraft to give a pilot a chance to fly a PC-12 NG on missions that showcase the capabilities of business aircraft. Bring
along up to three friends, clients, or colleagues. We'll document the experience in words, photos, and video and share
it with AOPA members in AOPA Pilot and AOPA ePilot, on
AOPA.org, and AOPA Live This Week.
The PC-12 is an amazingly versatile airplane, equally
at home in town or country. Stuff a bunch of equipment to
show prospects in through the commodious cargo door in
the back or usher clients into firstclass leather seats for a comfortable,
Learn more about the
pressurized trip back to your factory
PC-12 NG and its capabilito seal the deal. No matter the runway
ties (www.pilatus-aircraft.
surface, the PC-12 climbs away carrycom/#10).
And email those 300ing almost two tons of fuel and stuff,
word descriptions of how
headed for the flight levels where it
you'd use such an airplane
will cruise at more than 270 knots.
in a Word document to:
With full fuel, the turboprop can
AOPAPilatuscontest@aopa.
range some 1,500 nm while carrying
org before 5 p.m. Eastern
time June 30, 2015.
1,000 pounds of people and gear.
We plan to notify the
The AOPA Pilot "BizAv and You
winner by July 10, 2015. The
Contest Powered by Pilatus" began
trip must be completed by
March 1 and ends June 30. The conSeptember 18, 2015, at a
test is open to people who own or
mutually agreed upon time
and place with AOPA and
work for a company that would benPilatus.
efit from the use of a business aircraft

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&
CONTEST
POWERED BY PILATUS

such as the PC-12 NG. To enter, send a 300-word or less
description of how your company would take advantage of
a turbine business aircraft if you had access to it. The entries
will be judged by the editorial staff at AOPA. Special consideration will be given to those who outline missions that take
advantage of the PC-12 NG's unique capabilities of operating
off of a variety of runway surfaces, and into and out of remote
areas with unusual gear.
Pilatus Aircraft will supply a PC-12 NG for up to eight
hours of mission flying on up to four consecutive days-all
within the contiguous 48 U.S. states. Two Pilatus corporate
pilots will be on the trip. However, if you're a pilot and the
Pilatus pilots approve, you will get a chance to fly some of the
legs. You may bring along up to three others and AOPA will
bring along a writer and a photographer/videographer. The
PC-12 NG seats up to 11.
The winner will be responsible for getting to the starting
point of the mission and return to their home base; although
the mission can be a round-robin trip. AOPA will provide food
and accommodations for the winners during the trip.
Here's more of that legalese: If all of the eight flight hours
are used, the prize has a taxable value of about $13,000. We'll
throw in $4,000 in cash to help cover the taxes, raising the taxable value to $17,000. But the winner is responsible for paying
any applicable taxes, whatever they may be.
Game? See the official rules (download.aopa.org/pilot/
PilatusRules.pdf ). See you on the ramp.
EMAIL thomas.haines@aopa.org

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